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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.

John Steinbeck

People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Advice Deep Yourself
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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Appearance Poor Roots
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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Advice Business Entrepreneur
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Deep Season Summer Winter
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help World Yourself
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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Last Listening Myself Rule Story
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
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Book Himself Talk
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
JOHN STEINBECK

Confused Government People Tolerance
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
JOHN STEINBECK

Exploration Freedom Human Mindset Value World

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